Australian History Mysteries, the National Museum and Ryebuck Media award winning subscription website which supports Australian Curriculum: History, has recently been significantly revamped and now includes a 16th case study which explores the famous discoveries of ancient Aboriginal remains at Lake Mungo. A recent post just before the Lake Mungo mystery launch at the Lake Mungo Visitor Centre in June 2012 describes this new case study in some detail. The purpose of this blog post is to encourage you to visit australianhistorymysteries.info and enjoy the wealth of video, print and computer interactive resources that are now available on the renovated site.
Apart from the new case study, the new site now contains a richer and more informative ‘free’ or public area to help visitors to the site assess its value before deciding whether to subscribe. For each of the 16 case studies there is:
- a detailed outline
- screenshots of classroom activities from the print materials, and
- an introductory video clip
In addition we’ve also mapped each case study to Australian Curriculum: History so that teachers can quickly gauge how each one relates to the new national history curriculum. A second useful summary table lists the case studies in a chronological timeline sequence and indicates the types of curriculum resources that are available for each one in the subscription or membership area, including additional units of work, and even occasionally an additional computer interactive, as in the case of the 1867 Broome frontier conflict case study.
The revamped site also contains a new demo case study – ie a complete case study that can be downloaded free of charge. How have Indigenous people’s citizenship rights changed over time? is highly relevant to ’Rights and Freedoms (1945 – present)’ at Year 10 in Australian Curriculum: History. And when you visit the site also take a look at the preview to Ghost Town, a fun and intriguing way to introduce students to the nature of evidence in history.
Australian History Mysteries covers primary and secondary ‘knowledge and understanding’ and ’historical skills’ aspects of Australian Curriculum: History. Here is a list of all the Australian History Mystery products. And here is an invitation to subscribe.
Enjoy the revamped site! And keep an eye out soon for a 17th case study, celebrating and investigating the crossing of the Blue Mountains, an event that reaches its 200 year milestone in 2013.
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